Heel-trimming machine.



F. D. HARRIS.

HEEL TRIMMING MACHINE. APPL|cAT|oN`F|LED1-uNE 30,191 s.

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HEEL TRIMMING MACHINE.

APFLxcATioN FILED JuNeso. 1916.

192229623, Patented Apr. 17, 1917.

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FILOW DAWSON HARRIS, OF GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.

HEEL-TRIMMING MACHINE.

Application filed June 30, 1916.

To all whom t may concern.'

Beit known thatl I, F ILow D. HARRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Griiin, in the county of Spalding, State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Heel-Trimming Machine; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention relates to anew and useful machine for trimming, cutting off or reducing heels of shoes, and an object of the invention is to provide a machine of this kind having a reciprocating member provided with means for holding a hack-saw blade, whereby as said member is reciprocated, the blade will saw oli the desired amount or portion of the heel, sawing through the nails and the like, thereby leaving a smooth surface on the bottom of the heel, which surface may be subsequently easily sand-papered.

In practical fields, the details of construction may necessitate alterations falling within the scope of what is claimed.

rIhe invention comprises further features and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, and claimed.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the improved heel trimming or reducing machine for shoes constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in elevation at right angles to Fig. l.

r Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 4 isa sectional view on line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

F ig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the reciprocating member for carrying the hacksaw.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates a base which, in the present instance, is secured to a stationary foundation 2 by means of screws or bolts 3. Rising from the base 1 is a standard 4 which is provided with an elongated vertical slot 5. Extending laterally from the standard 4 are two parallel arms 6, between which and upon the pin 7 a pedal bar 8 is pivoted, there being a spring 9 having one end secured at 10 to the pedal bar and its other end secured at 11 in the upper end of the slot 5. Adjacent Specification of Letters Fatent.

Patented Apr. 17, 1917.

sei-iai No. 106,842.

the upper end of the standard or upright 4 upon the face opposite the face carrying the arms 6, a plate 12 is secured by the screws or boltsl, and which plate is provided with a laterally extending heel supporting bed arm 14. The plate l2 is also provided with a guide recess 15, in which a reciprocating bar or member 16 is guided. Projecting laterally from the reciprocating bar or member 16 adjacent its upper and lower ends are arms 17 and 1S having screw rods 19 and 20 loosely mounted in their extremities. lIhese rods 19 and 20 have laterally extending hooks 21, to enter the apertures in the opposite ends of the usual .hack-saw blade 22. lIhreaded upon the rods 19 and 20 are wing nuts 23, constituting means for adjusting the rods 19 and 20, whereby the blade 22 may be held taut sufficient to cut through the heel of the shoe, as well as the sprigs or nails. Extending from one face of the bar or member 16 at its lower end and at right angles to the arm 17 are ears 24, between which, upon a pin 25, is a link 26, the lower end of which is pivoted in a recess 27 of the pedal bar 8, and upon a pin 28. Extending from the upper end of the bar or member 16 at right angles to the arm 18, is an arm 29, adjacent the extremity of which the piercing tools or punch members 30 are carried, said members or punching tools 30 being secured in adjusted position by the set bolts 31. The heel bed arm 14 is provided with a pair of vertical apertures 32, which receive the piercing tools 30, when the reciprocating member or bar 16 is moved downwardly, that is, subsequently to having passed transversely through the heel of a shoe, reference being had particularly to Fig. 1 of the drawings. Pivoted at 33 between the ears 34 near the lower part of the upright 4, is a post 35, and secured at 36 to the extremity of said post 35 is one jaw member of a pair of clamping jaws 87, between which a shoe 38 may be clamped, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the post 35 may be tilted in order to move the heel of the shoe toward the cutting edge of the hack-saw 22. Ihen a shoe is clamped between the jaws 37, the loop 39 is moved upon the parts 40 of said jaws, in order to clamp the jaws against the shoe. An arm 41 projects laterally from the standard or upright 4 and is provided with a shoulder 42, against which the post 35 may engage, as shown in Fig. 2, in order to support the shoe out of engagement with the hack-saw blade. lVhen the post is tilted so as to bring the heel of the shoe in contact with the cutting teeth of the hack-saw blade, the operators foot is placed upon the pedal 13, imparting a downward movement to the pedal bar 8 against the action of the spring 9, the spring 9 automatically returning the pedal bar upward on its pivot, thereby imparting a reciprocating movement to the member or bar 16, in which case the hacki saw blade. will easily out through the heel of the shoe, thereby leaving the heel with a substantially smooth surface, which lmay be subsequently sand-papered. rlChe heel of a shoe may be reduced, by removing one or two lifts and this is accomplished by placing the heel or' the shoe upon the bed arm 141, and then moving the bar or member 16 downwardly, causing the piercing tools to pass transversely through the heel of the shoe,as shownV in Fig. 1, thereby removing one or two lifts.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is 1. In a heel reducing or trimming machine, an upright having a bearing, a reciprocating member carrying a hack-saw blade mounted in said bearing, a spring-tensioned pedal bar pivoted upon the upright and connected to the reciprocating member for imparting a reciprocating motion thereto, and a post pivoted to theupright and having clamping jaws to clamp a shoe, whereby the heel of the shoe may be moved toward the l cutting teeth of said blade.

2. In a heel reducing or trimming machine, an upright having a bearing, a reciprocating member carrying a hack-saw blade mounted in said bearing, a spring-tensioned lhold the heel of the shoe offset from the saw blade.

8. In a heel reducing or trimming machine, an upright having a vertical slot atl its lower part and a lateral portion having a guide at its upper end, a reciprocating bar mounted in said guide and having laterally extending upper and lower arms, a hack-saw blade adjustably connected to the correspond-4 ing ends of said arms, said upright having a lateral arm provided with an abutment shoulder at its outer end, a post pivoted to the lower end of the upright and movable adjacent the last named arm in order to be limited in its outward movement by said abutment shoulder and having a clamp to clamp a shoe whereby the heel may be moved toward and in a line with the cutting teeth of the blade, a foot pedal pivotally mounted upon the upright and movable in the said slot and having a link connection with said bar to impart movement thereto, and spring means for elevating said pedal.

In testimony whereoil I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FILOW DA/VSONHARRS.

Witnesses:

RoswELL H. DRAKE, J. E. BRAKE.

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